It ~~11 held in Opinion No. 0-2612-A tixat tne under- scored :pax%oS the above quoted prorlsi.on ie unooastltutlonal becrourre of the fn8ufYioleno~ of the oaption of Youse iUll 291, Aots 1957, 48U.1 Leg., R. S., oha 244, pe 488. A aopy of suah opinion la enclosed herewith Sor your oonsideratlon.

Seotlon 4 was amended onoe more by House Xl1 &17, Acts 1939, R. S., oh. 14, p. 2fM, whloh bill addecl We pro- vision ti which you am Interested. Such provis'ccll 13 thet

part of the queted article wb%oh appears after the underscored part. It was held 5.n Opir,ion ::a. 0-%612-A that as the oaption of the1939 bat was atlent am to the undemeored part of Article 2&3s$icl, the same uas Mt iualuded. tie quote tb following from OpMon No, o-%5l%-A:

"Coneequently, in is cxz oylnlon btr:& ;T>L; C.0 resp&tfully advised tnmt the only vel.Sd~provi- sione fn Article 26630-1, Vernon'8 Anmtated Glvil Statutea. relative to the veqtirezaent oozaplet&on of.~ouxses in governmen guisite~to.b~dunt~oon,fron a State oolierre or univecs~ are those contained lu .pIec- tion 2 or the Arti&. 2hl.s seation requires that all State tax-antpported colle@ss and InetlIxtioas give uo:Wses of instr;lotfon in American i.ov~rtZse* with spoaial emphasis upim the Canstltutivn of ta0 Ur-itod Status and of %zias for at least t&m (3) ftit7-tiiuute periods par week for z-13~ les3 tnan twelve oonaeautlve weeks, or its equivalent. Ho ;~;g~~dua;; frcaa any Staai taxypported vets y ah0 ha6 net passea a:8atfs- .. faatem exemfuat&oa in suck aellege or~univansity

~:upen awh eoW?ae or.iu some other.aolleqe or uaf- veraitJ.* (~~hesle added 1.

_;, .Pau v&net&e &at.-.OpLloa IPo. G28l2-A ia oeneerned w%th the pmitkquieitee to graduation-iros,a Stata tax4uppoHed 00~16~0 or unlverrlty. ~~thouttouohini on the queatlonwhethm or ~aot.tho 1939 Act effectfvely incorporates into our statutes the part thereof relating to 3 hours of Militsry 3oienoe, it is our opFnlon that said part would apply only to graduatieu pre- roqtisitoe and net to the issuance of CaacfLersr oertlfiaatee.

In the fire% plmoe, thu provision LB plaaed in the pro- via0 olauoe relat3.q to gmdxxition requirenonts. In the second glaae, the emergenay clause of tim 1939 Act rends, in part, as Polloun : *4 E,. Jones, pac;e G4

HG?lOraijle ClfffOrd "The fact tnat wny students who ham already 88 now CeqnZred creatoe rw emertjency 45 % 9 'I.

(Enphaais auppliod). In line wfth tha fuzdamntal ml6 statutory con- struatlon that provisos and exceptlow are 8trictly construed and because re think t.kLat the le~lslative' intent Isclear, it is our opinion that the part of Artlole f2663b-1, a?-&& reeds, nor &all have wntpletad at least thme (3) ho.ura of eaid sredlt in Oovernment and at least ttaree (3) hours of oredit in a oourm in lilitary Science as provided in an approved senior R.O.T.C. tit", even if valid, muld have nc applica- tion to that part of Article z?0*35b-1 relating to lsauance of teaohers~ osrtifioates,

In OpWon #o..O~Sl.8-A 1t -8 held tiat the only valid provlslans i.zi Art%+ 3663b-3, relatiw to tte requiremant Of the wmplet;iim al? GovelxQ5Ein t oour8ea as a premqtisit4 to graduation frm a State tax-uuppoz?%ed oollega or university are those con- ta%ned In Seetim.% 8. You areaow adviasd that :credft in R.3.T.C. ELI.&- Science may-not be aubatituted for oredit In Anwrlcan Govoa%uae&tAnder that part of ltrtLale %?863b-1 ralatlng~to the pa?arequl8Mes~to the oertUioation of toache~e~which reads: npro- viaed,thet ~apy pa3laa.e has to hi8 credit 3.n rrny atondara col- legwor urziVer8it~.of~$taxm aa xuoh'arr 85x (6) hour6 of'~erioan Go~eamm8n$ shell be demed to have met the reqtirements of this Seation.w